Anno Domini 2009
Schola Spiritus Sancti: the Schola is a robed liturgical choir, which sings once a month at Sunday Mass, as well as at Benediction & Compline on first Fridays, and for various Feast Day Offices. The Schola is looking for new members (men and youths). Previous musical training or experience not essential. Please contact the Schola Director Nicholas Dinopoulos by e-mail.
The Schola rehearses regularly during the year at St. Aloysius’ Church, 233 Balaclava Rd. Caufield North VIC 3161. Rehearsals are held each week on Thursday evening from 7:30pm-9:00pm. Please advise the Schola director in advance of any intended absence.
Soul, mind and body united in praise of God
"Gregorian chant is the earliest music that we can transcribe accurately. Its first notation dates back to the ninth century. Unhappily, most Catholic churches no longer sing it because it is in Latin, and no Protestant churches sing it because it sounds Catholic. But the chant is the sound that carried the Christian message for 1500 years before there even were any Protestants. Perhaps in the new millennium we might all be grateful enough for the last 2000 years that any church could include an appropriate excerpt of chant, sung in the original Latin, with the biblical translation in the bulletin."
Dr. Robert M. Fowells,
Chant made Simple Paraclete Press 2000.
